CVE-2006-0749

Description

nsHTMLContentSink.cpp in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving a "particular sequence of HTML tags" that leads to memory corruption.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 40.33% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-18.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11704 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434524/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc vendor advisory broken link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19821 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19714 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19794 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19696 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431126/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759 third party advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356 permissions required vdb entry third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25819 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/736934 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729 third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/729 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1848 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 third party advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-107A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516 vdb entry third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391 permissions required vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950 third party advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-009.html vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0749?
CVE-2006-0749 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0749?
To fix CVE-2006-0749, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0749 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-0749 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~40% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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